It has long been known and accepted that people need to feel; in control, competent and connected in order to achieve psychological growth:
Freemasonry delivers all of these factors in abundance:
Autonomy
Everyone needs to feel in control of their own behaviors and goals. The sense of being able to take direct action that will result in real change plays a major part in helping every individual feel self-determined.
Personal Competence
We all need to gain mastery of tasks and learn different skills. When people feel that they have the skills required for success, they are more likely to take actions that will help them achieve their goals.
Connection or relatedness
People need to experience a sense of belonging and attachment to other people.
This has more recently been termed self-determination theory and there are many books on the subject. However, unlike Freemasonry, they encourage encouraging reward based behaviour, but implementing this means that people begin to feel less in control of their own behavior and intrinsic motivation is diminished.
Leadership Skills
Once someone has begun their path towards stronger psychological growth they automatically begin to develop their Leadership Skills and these skills are ones that can be easily transferred into a business or commercial environment.